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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows Vista
- Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
Technical Details
- Windows Vista Home Basic, SP1, 1pk, DVD
- Windows Vista Home Basic, SP1, 1pk, DVD, UPG, EN
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Windows Vista Home Basic is the edition of Windows for basic home computing needs. If you only want to use your PC for tasks like browsing the Internet, using e-mail, or viewing photos, then Windows Vista Home Basic may be the right edition for you. While it won't provide as many benefits as Windows Vista Home Premium, it will help you use your PC more easily and more safely than you could with Windows XP.Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 also addresses some management, deployment, and support challenges.
Product Description
Windows Vista Home BasicWindows Vista Home Basic is the operating system for homes with basic computing needs. It is easy to set up, it helps you use your PC more securely and reliably, and like all of the editions of Windows Vista, it is compatible with the widest range of software, devices, and services that you use and trust. If you simply want to use your PC for tasks such as surfing the Internet, corresponding with friends and family using e-mail, or performing basic document creation and editing tasks, then Windows Vista Home Basic will deliver a safer, more reliable, and more productive computing environment.Safer and more reliableWindows Vista is designed to be the safest operating system that Microsoft has ever delivered. Every edition of Windows Vista, including Windows Vista Home Basic, provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. Additionally, all Windows Vista editions will include new parental control features that will allow you to manage and monitor your familys use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other activities on your PC that might concern you as a parent. Windows Vista Home Basic is designed so that you and your family can focus on whats most important to you and spend less time worrying about your safety.Easier to set up and useAs with all of other editions of Windows Vista, Windows Vista Home Basic makes your PC significantly easier to use. Windows Vista Home Basic has new tools to help you painlessly move your personal files and settings from your old PC to your new Windows Vista-based PC. Additionally, Windows Vista Home Basic integrates new search tools throughout the operating system to help you quickly find the precise file or program you need.Windows Vista H
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3.6 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanly Installed over XP, 23 Feb 2009
By Clifford H. Campen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Vista, Basic Edition with Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC) (DVD-ROM)
I installed this over XP as part of a general upgrade; CPU, motherboard, more memory and a video card for my wife's PC (yes I am a tinkerer). Installed cleanly. In spite of being SP1 it screwed around for several days downloading and installing upgrades - a minor annoyance (with cable internet - would be ugly with dialup). Looks good, runs good, no crashes (although XP was pretty stable in my environment). Of the upgrades I added a new copy of Windows Office home and student ed so the thing is pretty clean these days. My wife didn't jump for joy at any of this but she's acting like she's pretty comfortable with it and now she uses it a lot (the whole thing is considerably faster) and that's as high a compliment as you get from that quarter. Yeah I hate that it's constantly asking permission (I'll get in and fix that shortly). I don't hate that it blocks popups. The final results were worth the trouble (there was not much)to me.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works fine, 3 Aug 2008
By Joel W. Barnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Vista, Basic Edition with Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC) (DVD-ROM)
I got a new pc, 2.2 GHZ processor, 1 GB Ram. Mobo video card is 256 MB, I believe. Got it with Windows XP. Decided to buy the Vista upgrade, as I will probably need to deal with it at work. The XP to Vista upgrade worked flawlessly. I chose the Home Basic version because I don't care about the pretty Aero interface and because the MS update advisor said my graphics card was too light weight.
Works just fine, no complaints. Other than the fact that I will need to support this at work eventually, I see no advantage over a fully patched XP computer. Added security is there, and is not too annoying. Probably good for the less security minded user. Otherwise, not worth the money.
Getting a new pc ? Get Vista. Have a good machine running XP, don't bother. My rating is based on the OS itself, not whether you should upgrade. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because MS has really dumbed down their file browser. It's as bad as Mac OS X. Probably not a big deal to most users.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Microsoft Vista Home Basic, 8 Nov 2011
By Diane Campos - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Vista, Basic Edition with Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC) (DVD-ROM)
One word Horrible! I had three running systems operating on Vista, three different computer manufacturers as well, All three crashed when installing the latest updates and one also destroyed my hard drive. I am going to downgrade my other laptop and desktop to Windows XP which to me was more stable. And of Course Microsoft was no help just to tellme to upgrade at full price to Windows 7
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